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This paper will examine the issues related to role of Distance education Libraries, and library user services Library professionals in distance education system. The exceptional expansion of distance-learning programs at colleges and universities have remarkable implications for providing library services to distance students. The Distance education of the UGC in its norms and guidelines clearly states that all distance education courses that are recognized for the purpose of employment to posts and services under the distance education course the central Government of India. Students should therefor make the sure that the distance education course the intend to pursue is duly recognized and approved by UGC. This article reviews the literature and presents an overview of distance-learning services offered by academic libraries. The focus is on examining additional responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges encountered by academic librarians in serving distance learners. Also detailed are a number of new paradigms that distance librarianship has introduced into the profession of librarianship. The results revealed that a greater proportion of the respondents were not aware of the library services. Distance learners had no remote access to library services and SLM related to subject and electronic resources and other databases and therefore did not strongly agree to the provision of information needs through social media services.

distance education, distance university, Academic library services, distance learners, information needs, distance education library, distance education technology, accessibility, awareness of library services